Ice family

Overview Family history and genealogy of various branches of the Ice family of Barrackville, West Virginia and Mount Summit, Indiana (1929-1932, undated). These are the descendants of the family that settled Ice's Ferry (on Cheat Lake near Morgantown, West Virginia). Also includes two West Virginia road maps, one belonging to Milla Ice (1929-1930), and the Minutes of the Thirty-Third Annual Convention of the West Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the...

Overview Five typescripts pertaining to Ice's Ferry and the Ice family. The first typescript is "Ice's Ferry," (8 pp., undated) an account of the Ice family and of Ice's Ferry in Monongalia County, with comments on frontier and pioneer life in western Virginia, apparently written by Virginia H. Conaway of Marion County. The second item is a variant copy of the "Ice's Ferry," typescript (10 pp., undated). The third typescript is a copy of "Historical Notes on Ice's Ferry," written by John L. Johnston...

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Six page typescript by John L. Johnston, 1920, titled "Historical Notes, Ice's Ferry." Covering the time span of 1758-1920, the narrative locates and describes early settlements; roads; forts; Indian trails, villages and tribes; industries; the land office; and men and families prominent in the development of Monongalia County. Mention is made of the proposed construction of the dam and recreation area on the Cheat River.

Scope and Contents Site of Morgantown given, along with boundaries and owners of land along the south side of a line running northeast for the mouth of Decker's Creek to Cheat river, and along the west side of the Monongahela River in Cass district to the Pennsylvania line; located are Jackson's iron works, site of Jackson ore digging, Pleasant Furnace, Ice's Ferry, poor house, and roads; some owners' names given are: John Davis, Thomas Evans, Jarrett, Andrew Ice, Jenkins, Jesse and William Bayles, John Tibbs,...

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Genealogy records of the Snodgrass family, including the family of Charles Snodgrass, and the Snodgrass family in Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia; and the Snodgrass family in Pennsylvania. Also includes information on the Foulk Family and on the Ice Family of Monongalia County, West Virginia.